Daria Martin: Harpstrings and Lava
For Daria Martin, film represents the ultimate work of art, the medium that allows her to express her interest in…
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Claire Fontaine
Claire Fontaine: the name of a studious young woman, a nice French Artist, the name of a blank page (Claire…
New York Tales
New Spaces This past November, the doors of the Hessel Museum of Art were opened at Bard College, the prestigious…
Robert Kusmirowski
Confronted with Robert Kusmirowski’s work, one is immediately immersed into the past. Kusmirowski’s oeuvre explores ideas of history and its…
John Kørner
Problems are comparatively easy to deal with.” This statement welcomes the reader of John Kørner’s 2004 artist book A Modern…
New Tendency
During the 1950s the contemporary art world lived in a season of art informel that lent itself to curious and…
Planet China
Ai Weiwei Artist, architect, curator, is the most prominent figure in Chinese contemporary culture. Who is Ai Weiwei? I was…
This is Not Enough
Ai Weiwei, the most prominent Chinese artist-architect in China, grew up in exile, in the remote desert area of Xinjiang.…
Gordon Matta-Clark
From Flash Art International No. 90-91 June-July 1979 I never used to think too much about Gordon’s work. I used…
Mark Grotjahn
Jan Tumlir: Hearing about your background and your childhood experiences with your grandfather, who was a well-known local psychoanalyst, and…
Huma Bhabha
I think Jesus would be horrified at what’s going on,” Huma Bhabha quipped in front of J.C., her rendition of…
Pietro Roccasalva
German physician and writer Heinrich Hoffmann began writing his famous children’s book, Der Struwwelpeter (translated literally as “Slovenly Peter”), in…
2006 Taipei Biennial
The 2006 Taipei Biennial, titled “Dirty Yoga,” opened in early November at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. The Taipei Biennial…
Francesca Woodman
“The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body…
Monica Bonvicini
Massimiliano Gioni: Your work is always aggressive, kind of in your face. Is your work hostile? Monica Bonvicini: I do…
Eric Wesley
Sonia Campagnola: I was at the China Art Objects booth in London, the gallerist opened a folder in his computer…